Almost a week after Slate ran a shocking exposé concluding that the side-by-side photo comparison of Tom Cruise and the real Klaus von Stauffenberg (whom Cruise plays in Valkyrie) had used a doctored picture of Stauffenberg, they now say they plan to run a correction.
"We did not do the photo research that we should have done," Plotz said Tuesday evening. [AP]
It turns out that the photo of Stauffenberg from the AP Archives (above left) which Slate was comparing to the ad wasn’t the same as the Stauffenberg photo in the ad (above center), which came from a Getty Images database credited to the Hulton archive and dated 1943.
So there. You. Go. Now, if only someone could explain why Tom Cruise talks like a Californian in the movie when all his fellow Nazis are all Englishman, that’d be great. As long as it doesn’t matter, might as well make Hitler from Boston. “Oh my gawd, I dunno about you guys, but I’m gettin’ so freakin’ ti-uhd a these freakin’ Jews.”
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Remember what I said yesterday about red, white, and black flags?
Fuckin’ Trinidad & Tobago…
Yeah, fuck those guys! And the English…
They should have used the picture of von Stauffenberg at Josef Mengele’s birthday party in 1942. They have this really cool-looking lamp in the background.
Kevin Costner thinks Tom’s accent sucks.
His Hyundai Accent. He thinks his German accent is nearly as good as Kev’s English.
This all seems strangely familliar… the empty office; the coffee brewing; the stack of work to be done; jerking off on FilmDrunk…
I’m back bitches!
(until Friday, then my retirement/unemployment starts again)
Sean Connery thinks Tom’s accent is bullshit.
Damnit, why do I always type a comment and then pause to answer a work question before submitting?
Did anyone else get a creepy PM saying that some random wants to be special friends with them? I know it’s a spambot but it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy…
Are you like a mercenary accountant or something Bryce?
"Goddamnit! We have to get the ledgers balanced, but it’s gonna take an awful sharp pencil to pull it off. Who can we call?"
"Well, I know a guy who knows a guy….."
"Let’s make a movie set in Nazi Germany."
"Sounds good, but Americans don’t like subtitles."
"No problem. Just have everyone speak with a British accent, the audience won’t notice the difference."
"Brilliant!"
JHC: Not far from it. They literally begged me to come back for a few days…
"Everytime I think I’m out, they pull me back in!"
That’d be fuckin’ sweet bryce if when you’re finished, you get to punch the CFO and fuck the hot secretary on his desk.
We all know that the real reason Tom Cruise decided to star in Valkryie was because he thought the entire movie was about the song they played in Apocalypse Now and it was primarily a male cast. He thought he had a pretty good chance.
Bryce! You met Grace00, He presumes?
Himmler can be from Iowa, he will have no accent.
I forget, does this involve Captain America?
Do you know who Tom Cruise would look like if he tucked his dick between his legs?
…
Well, Tom Cruise…
Morning Drunkards, I don’t give a shit about this post…but I did just come back from seeing Wanted…..Fucking awesome. Check reality at the door and go back to when you were 15 and this movie is the shit.
If I go back to when I was 15, I won’t be facing 13 counts of stat.
They should just do the entire film in Pig Latin, but using a harsh German-Esque accent.
Maaaaan, I never get stalked. F U Grace. I don’t need you. I don’t need anyone!
Bryce, now is the time to stock up on pens, post-its and what ever is in the fridge. Go!
And with a name like Plotz, he’s got to be a steaming pile of shit.
I want Kevin Smith to make a WWII historical drama and cast Jason Mewes as Hitler. KS could play Silent Rommel.
Michelle, would you like me to send you a PM telling you to check out my profile and that you seem sweet?
That Slut! I thought we had something special Grace00…
PS: Nazis are bad. Mmmkay?
So, is the big freakin deal here the fact that an actor does not in fact look exactly like the historical figure that he’s supposed to be portraying?
Somebody better call Paul Giamatti and let him know that he’s next. Fuckin dago playing John Adams! The nerve of that guy.
Pretty hot chick in a bikini over there. Just thought you’d wanna know.
Don’t everybody run over there at once. There’s still plenty to talk about over here.
Fuckers.
booooring. thank goodness the snorg girls rack is looking pretty great today.
Get ready for Spike Lee to offer his historical critique of the lack of brothers in the film. The SS was like G-Unit apparently. Who knew!
New up, wiff Smiff.
New up, BTK.
Yes Burnsy.
Pahk ya jew in Hahvid crematory.
Jew soap?
Wicked pissa!
To scientologists, a historically accurate accent is a sure sign of theatans, just like AIDS and Downs Syndrome.